Sturgis goes 2-0

Attending the event were three SMAC East rivals in Coldwater, Harper Creek and Marshall.

The Trojans wrestled just two of them, but picked up big wins against each — 45-27 over Harper Creek and 51-24 over Marshall.

"Got a couple of great wins for us tonight," Sturgis coach Bryan Boughton said. "Both Harper Creek and Marshall had been battling some numbers issues the past few years, so it's nice to see them getting full lineups in and then we can see more head-to-head competition and avoid the voids."

The wins improve Sturgis to 8-1 overall on the season.

Because Sturgis and Coldwater are travel partners this season, they won't wrestle until the end of the season against each other.

Until then, the two schools will compete against other travel partner schools.

Sturgis' two wins tonight put them at 2-0 in the SMAC East.

Several Trojans finished the night with perfect records.

Alejandro Soto at 112, Noah Gleason at 119, Dakota Smith at 125, Ricardo Soto at 135, Dayland Bowser at 152, Will Fry at 160 and Juan Espinoza at 189 all had 2-0 records. Zack Mathews for the "B" team was 2-0 as well.

Cole Campbell at 171 was 1-0. Anthony Neal on the "B" team was 1-0.

Finishing with one win were Tyler Elmore at 103, Drew Pueschel at 130 and Luke Carver at 145 pounds. The win for Elmore was his first wrestling at the varsity level not counting voids.

"He got a nice win tonight, I'm really proud of him," Boughton said. "I'm proud of all of these boys, but we still have a lot of work to do."